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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />Huerfano County Area, Colorado <br />16— Farisita very gravelly sandy loam, 10 to 35 percent slopes <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 6,000 to 7,300 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 13 to 17 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 52 degrees F <br />Frost -free period: 100 to 130 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Farisita and similar soils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 15 percent <br />Description of Farisita <br />Setting <br />Landform: Hills, ridges <br />Landform position (two- dimensional): Backslope <br />Landform position (three- dimensional): Side slope <br />Down -slope shape: Linear <br />Across -slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Gravelly colluvium and /or residuum weathered from sandstone & <br />conglomerate <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 10 to 35 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: 10 to 20 inches to paralithic bedrock <br />Drainage class: Well drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Moderately low to <br />moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 in /hr) <br />Depth to water table: More than 80 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: None <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Available water capacity: Very low (about 1.0 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Farmland classification: Not prime farmland <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 7s <br />Hydrologic Soil Group: D <br />Typical profile <br />0 to 4 inches: Very gravelly sandy loam <br />4 to 12 inches: Coarse sandy loam <br />12 to 24 inches: Weathered bedrock <br />24 to 28 inches: Unweathered bedrock <br />Minor Components <br />Progresso <br />Percent of map unit: 10 percent <br />Olney <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />12 <br />